PullHitter Fantasy Baseball

I am joined by Ryan Rufe ( @RyanRufe ) to start breaking down teams. This one covers all of the AL West teams. We aim for some useful guidance on players not heard about or written about as much as the top players many podcasts and websites cover. We will hit on some top players we may have some flags with but will try to provide analysis for picks past ADP 150. We hit on: Angels -Reid Detmers -Pa...

I sat down to chat with 2022 NFBC Online Championship (OC) Overall winner Andrew Geller (@The_Gildz).  Andrew has now finished in the top 5 overall in the OC for 3 straight years. We sat down to discuss: How to handle the stresses and emotions of coming down the wire in an overall championship chase how to learn from previous years and add more tools to secure league wins How to balance your...

I am joined by Ryan Rufe ( @RyanRufe ) to start breaking down teams. This one covers all of the AL Central Teams. We aim for some useful guidance on players not heard about or written about as much as the top players many podcasts and websites cover. We will hit on some top players we may have some flags with but will try to provide analysis for picks past ADP 150. We hit on: Guardians -Naylor or...

I sit down with Baseball America Prospect Writer Geoff Pontes ( @GeoffPontes ). We chat about: Scouting players from the game and from your home Breaking down pitching: IVB, VAA Corbin Carroll Gunnar Henderson Jordan Walker George Kirby vs Nick Lodolo Grayson Rodriguez Andrew Painter Riley Greene/Spencer Torkelson Rule 5 Impacts for this year Follow on Twitter @pullhitterpod  @deadpullhitter...

I am joined by Ryan Rufe ( @RyanRufe ) to start breaking down teams. We look at Steamer and BatX projections and Fangraph Depth Charts/Roster Resource to look at any discrepancies on playing time and positions. This will be a continuing series as we cover all MLB teams. This one covers the Boston Red Sox. We hope to aim some useful guidance on players not heard about or written about as much as th...

I am joined by Ryan Rufe ( @RyanRufe ) to start breaking down teams. We look at Steamer and BatX projections and Fangraph Depth Charts/Roster Resource to look at any discrepancies on playing time and positions. This will be a continuing series as we cover all MLB teams. This one covers the Tampa Bay Rays. We hope to aim some useful guidance on players not heard about or written about as much as th...

I am joined by Ryan Rufe ( @RyanRufe ) to start breaking down teams. We look at Steamer and BatX projections and Fangraph Depth Charts/Roster Resource to look at any discrepancies on playing time and positions. This will be a continuing series as we cover all MLB teams. This one covers the Toronto Blue Jays. We hope to aim some useful guidance on players not heard about or written about as much as...

I had invited Jeff Zimmerman ( @JeffZimmerman ) and Tanner Bell ( @smartfantasybb) onto the show to discuss the new edition of their wonderful book The Process (  links to the book can be found at the end of this playlist ). It had a conflict with my regularly scheduled chat session with my friends Phil Dussault (@PhilDussault27) and Steve Weimer (@steveymer). IT was an easy decision then. Ha...

I am joined by Nick Pollack ( @PitcherList )  founder and CEO of pitcherlist.com. We talk about life, baseball and fantasy baseball. It was great conversation that covered: CSW Hard Contact (HC%) All of the Loc's! Navigating through the Savant Gamefeed Roster Construction for 2022- 12 team vs 15 team / Draft & Hold vs FAAB Knowing when to keep/cut a pitcher and when to move on a free agen...

I am joined by Ryan Rufe ( @RyanRufe ) to start breaking down teams. We look at Steamer projections and Fangraph Depth Charts/Roster Resource to look at any discrepancies on playing time and positions. This will be a continuing series as we cover all MLB teams. Follow on Twitter @pullhitterpod  @deadpullhitter Email : pullhitterpodcast@gmail.com Encouraging feedback and comments. Sports dialo...

I sat down to chat all things fantasy baseball with Adam Howe ( @EightyGrade ) and Kevin Hasting ( @hastingkevin )- hosts of the On the Wire pod on the Pitcher List Network. We discussed a plethora of topics : preferred NFBC formats ranking players and roster construction for 12 team leagues vs 15 team leagues Plate appearances and at-bats roster construction : last year vs this year Hard Contact...

I was fortunate to get to talk to the NFBC's second highest career earner in history. He has won 5 of the last 6 NFBC Diamond Auctions, which is an incredible feat. We talked about: not wasting time on things that wont make you a better player prepping for the season and player evaluation tools playing in different formats: overalls vs standalone, 15 team vs 12 team All things auction leagues -wor...

Ryan Rufe ( @RyanRufe ) of Rotowire.com joins me to talk reliever free agency moves.  We also talk some NFBC Gladiator and Draft Champion strategy. Enjoy! Carlos Rodon to NYY Adam Frazier and playing time fallout in Baltimore Carlos Correa to SF and playing time fallout in SF Brad Boxberger to Cubs- will he get a shot to close? Scott McGough to Arizona....wait who? when to get your 3rd/4th SP...

Ryan Rufe ( @RyanRufe ) of Rotowire.com joins me to talk reliever free agency moves. We look to see if there are any teams that can still be impacted for fantasy with the free agents that are still available. We also talk some NFBC Gladiator, DC and 50 strategy. Enjoy Chris Martin Robert Suarez Rafael Montero Tommy Kahnle Matt Strahm Carlos Estevez David Robertson Jose Leclerc job security? Cody B...

Join Phil Dussault ( @phildussault27 ) and I as we share some free time chatting live on the pod. We review some of the Free Agent signings so far in MLB.  Follow on Twitter @pullhitterpod  @deadpullhitter  Email : pullhitterpodcast@gmail.com Encouraging feedback and comments. Sports dialogue is the best, so tell me what's on your mind! Thanks for listening! If you feel so kind to show some suppor...

This is a live draft recording of the NFBC Gladiator style format. 23 man roster. 14 bats, 9 pitchers. You get all of your stats. No FAAB, no bench. Hosted by Todd Whitestone with participant list: Phil Dussault Steve Weimer Ryan Rufe Kevin Hastings Zack Waxman Bullpen Guru Jeff Mitseff Richard Zito Follow on Twitter @pullhitterpod  @deadpullhitter  Email : pullhitterpodcast@gmail.com En...

I got the opportunity to talk to two amazing analysts who inspired and motivated me to start podcasting. Derek VanRiper ( @DerekVanRiper) and Eno Sarris ( @enosarris). We chatted about: Judging last years teams, approaches, roster construction and anticipation of effect of humidors making sure you know why a team did well, and not just because i "drafted good catchers"- was it REALLY the reason? M...

On this episode of the pod i talk to Dylan White 9 @The__Arrival). Dylan is a writer and content producer for Prospects Live. HE has developed some awesome tools that helps translate the productions and skills of minor leaguers into a simple score to better understand their potential and playing abilities. We talk about: developing RoboScout developing the MILB Hitters Comp tool Projections- why t...

On this pod I work solo and review my draft and hold teams during the 2022 season. I go over: 80th% and 90% for NFBC Draft Champions and NFBC 50 leagues Correlations between At-Bats and innings pitched and the 10 roto categories as well as the correlations between hitting points and pitching points in the overall standings with roto categories.  cruise through some teams and breakdown process...

I am back with offseason prep and looking back at 2022. Today i speak to Ryan Rufe ( @RyanRufe ) and Ryan Venancio ( @ven_armbarn ) and we go over: Ryan Rufe's Closer Encounter article on rotowire.com.  Ryan highlights how teams used their closer roles over the course of the year 2023 RP Free Agents: possible landing spots and teams who might need one Where late spec saves came from in early...

I am back at it with Todd Whitestone (@telestar7), recapping NFBC Main Event FAAB from the season as well as the final Main Event overall standings and how our teams fared down the last week. Todd writes a weekly article on PULLHITTER.COM. We cover the player movement from all leagues as well as the standings from leagues. Hope you enjoy the show.! You will find this pod to be beneficial in assess...

I am back at it with Todd Whitestone (@telestar7), recapping NFBC Main Event FAAB from the weekend of 9/18/22 .Todd writes a weekly article on PULLHITTER.COM. We cover the player movement from all leagues as well as the standings from leagues. Phil Dussault joins us for the first 15-20 minutes to discuss his FAAB moves this past week, as well as discussing Anthony Santanders ADP  for next yea...

I am back at it with Todd Whitestone (@telestar7), recapping NFBC Main Event FAAB from the weekend of 9/18/22 .Todd writes a weekly article on PULLHITTER.COM. We cover the player movement from all leagues as well as the standings from leagues. Hope you enjoy the show.! You will find this pod to be beneficial in assessing market values for certain positional players that might be available in futur...

***Special pod alert*** I welcome onto the show three of my closest and most trusted friends in the fantasy basbeball world : Phil Dussault ( @PhilDussault27 ), Steve Weimer ( @steveymer ) and Toby Guevin ( @BatFlipCrazy) . We talk about our private chat thread and the benefits that come along with it. How we play off of each other and use each others area of expertise to our benefit. We also get...

I am back at it with Todd Whitestone (@telestar7), recapping NFBC Main Event FAAB from the weekend of 9/11/22 .Todd writes a weekly article on spstreamer.com. We cover the player movement from all leagues as well as the standings from leagues. ****Special guest Ryan Venancio ( @ven_armbarn ) History in the NFBC 12 team vs 15 team leagues doing your own projections learning from your mistakes : bei...